I was not very keen on many of the examples shown in our first workshop. However, one man’s work that I was more interested in was Chris Watson. I loved the landscapes he was recording sound in to accompany a painting in the video we were shown of a lake. I have always found nature sounds relaxing and peaceful and they remind me of holidays to places like the Lake District when I was younger.
Chris has worked very locally to me, recording sound in Aldeburgh for some of Benjamin Britten’s work and for John Constable’s ‘Cornfield’ for the National Gallery.
I have an idea of combining sounds with images that completely contrast each other. For example, I could have a photo of a busy road and then have a clip from this:
to accompany it. This would then confuse the brain as they are two sounds that you do not associate with each other. Another example could be a photo of an empty field with the sound of heavy road noise – two contrasting senses together.